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Irish Famine (other)
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The Great Famine (Ireland) (1845–49) is sometimes referred to as the Irish Potato Famine or '. Irish famine may also refer to: * Irish Famine (1740–41), known in Irish as ', "Year of Slaughter" *Irish Famine (1861) * Irish Famine (1879), sometimes called the "mini-famine" or ' * Irish food shortages (1925), a major food shortage in parts of western Ireland, sometimes considered a famine Other * ''The Irish Famine'' (book), 2001 book by Diarmaid Ferriter and Colm Tóibín * Legacy of the Great Irish Famine The legacy of the Great Famine in Ireland ( ga, An Gorta Mór or ''An Drochshaol'', litt: ''The Bad Life'') followed a catastrophic period of Irish history between 1845 and 1852 during which time the population of Ireland was reduced by 50 per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Famine (Ireland)
The Great Famine ( ga, an Gorta Mór ), also known within Ireland as the Great Hunger or simply the Famine and outside Ireland as the Irish Potato Famine, was a period of starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis which subsequently had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole. With the most severely affected areas in the west and south of Ireland, where the Irish language was dominant, the period was contemporaneously known in Irish as , literally translated as "the bad life" (and loosely translated as "the hard times"). The worst year of the period was 1847, which became known as "Black '47".Éamon Ó Cuív – the impact and legacy of the Great Irish Famine During the Great Hunger, roughly 1 million people died and more than 1 million Irish diaspora, fled the country, causing the country's population to fall by 20–25% (in some towns falling as much as 67%) between 1841 and 1871.Carolan, MichaelÉireann's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Famine (1740–41)
The Great Famine ( ga, an Gorta Mór ), also known within Ireland as the Great Hunger or simply the Famine and outside Ireland as the Irish Potato Famine, was a period of starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis which subsequently had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole. With the most severely affected areas in the west and south of Ireland, where the Irish language was dominant, the period was contemporaneously known in Irish as , literally translated as "the bad life" (and loosely translated as "the hard times"). The worst year of the period was 1847, which became known as "Black '47".Éamon Ó Cuív – the impact and legacy of the Great Irish Famine During the Great Hunger, roughly 1 million people died and more than 1 million Irish diaspora, fled the country, causing the country's population to fall by 20–25% (in some towns falling as much as 67%) between 1841 and 1871.Carolan, MichaelÉireann's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Famine (1861)
Irish Famine 1861 refers to the famine that occurred in 1861, Ireland. The Western part was hit hardest. In 1861, there were reports of famine in Ireland. Three-fourths of the potato crop were destroyed, and the people of western Ireland The West is a strategic planning area within the Northern and Western Region in Ireland. It is a NUTS Level III statistical region of Ireland (coded IE042) under the Eurostat classification. It consists of the counties of Galway, Mayo and Ro ... were worse off than in 1847. It has been reported that England declined extraordinary relief. See also * Irish famine (other) References Famines in Ireland 19th-century famines 1861 in Ireland 1861 disasters in Europe 1860s disasters in Ireland {{Ireland-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Famine (1879)
The Irish famine of 1879 was the last main Irish famine. Unlike the earlier Great Famines of 1740–1741 and 1845–1852, the 1879 famine (sometimes called the "mini-famine" or ') caused hunger rather than mass deaths and was largely focused in the west of Ireland. Effects The famine of 1879 is attributed to the effects of the "Long Depression" in the late 19th century, inclement climate, potato blight, and cholera among chickens. Unlike the earlier Irish Famine of 1740 to 1741 and Great Famine of 1845 to 1852, the 1879 event resulted in fewer deaths, due to changes in the technology of food production, different structures of land-holding (the disappearance of the sub-division of land and of the cottier class as a result of the earlier Great Famine), remittances from the Irish diaspora, and in particular the prompt response of the British government, which contrasted with its ''laissez-faire'' response in 1845–1852. Another factor was the growth of small shops; one estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Food Shortages (1925)
In 1925, the newly independent Irish Free State underwent food shortages. The Irish War of Independence, the Irish Civil War and an economic depression had taken their toll on society, with over 100,000 unemployed in a population of three million. The Executive Council of the Irish Free State denied that people faced starvation. Speaking in the Dáil, the Minister for Lands and Agriculture Patrick Hogan, stated, "There is no abnormal distress in the West this year. I say that definitely and deliberately. There is always distress in the West, but the distress this year is not... particularly unique,... There is never real famine in the West unless there is a failure of potatoes, and there was no failure of potatoes this year." Hogan's claim was not only at odds with media reports over the previous six months but also with his own colleagues. Heavy rain had caused crop failure and destroyed animal fodder, and the flooding of peat bogs had also deprived people of fuel. The governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Irish Famine (book)
''The Irish Famine'' is a book written by Diarmaid Ferriter and Colm Tóibín. The book is in two volumes, the first of which was written and originally published by Tóibín in 1999. The second volume, written by Ferriter, is entitled ''The Capricious Growth of a Single Root'' and was added in 2001. Volume One The first volume of ''The Irish Famine'' discusses how the Irish (writers, historians, government officials) have approached the task of describing and creating accounts of the Great Famine. Tóibín wrote his volume in part, for Irish-Americans; he has been critical of how the Great Famine has been taught in American schools.Deignan, Tom. ''‘An Gorta Mór’: The Great Hunger''. America Magazine. Volume 187 No. 12. 12 October 2002 He mentions that Americans are "full of emotional language, selective quotation and vicious anti-English rhetoric" and that " mericansassert, despite all evidence to the contrary, that Ireland remained a net exporter of food during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
